Ex-MYP Threaten to Hold Vigils at Capitol Hill

The Ex-Malawi Young Pioneers have threatened to stage vigils at Capitol Hill should the government fail to pay the terminal benefits to the remaining members in two weeks.

This has been said by Franco Chilemba, the Chairperson for the grouping who cited that government has not yet paid 482 members across the country.

Chilemba added that for the past three years they have been pushing government through vigils to give them their terminal benefits but all the attempts have been proved futile.

According to Chilemba, government has only managed to pay over 2, 000 ex MYP members across the country.

Chilemba said that the electoral activities held them back as they planned to start the vigils last month.

“We would start fresh vigils last month but due to electoral activities that happened in the country we decided to shelve our plans,” said Chilemba.

Treasury Spokesperson, Davis Sado, said government paid every one after a thorough joint stakeholders’ assessment.

Sado said there might be some individual technical issues which he said those experiencing challenges should report to the relevant authorities.

Former MYP members claim that they were illegally dismissed almost two decades ago by the first democratic administration of Dr. Bakili Muluzi on understanding that the grouping was more of an instrument for oppression than a tool for development agenda.